Alan White was born in 1924 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and appeared in the fifty-minute Danger Man episode 'The Hunting Party' playing 'Edwards' one of Drakes colleagues. He later worked with McGoohan again in The Prisoner episode 'Dance of The Dead' playing 'Roland Walter Dutton', again a former colleague of Number Six's.

Although White has appeared in a number of films, including Girl in The Headlines, most of his career has concentrated on television work. He has appeared in The Flying Doctors, Ghost Squad, Danger Man, Dr Who, Man In A Suitcase, The Champions and The Troubleshooters.

White's last film appearance was in Tumbledown, the 1988 film about one man's experiences during the Falklands War.